Getting cheap publicity

Friday

Aug 11, 2017 at 8:38 AM

Rep. J.R. Claeys, R-Salina, is exhibit No. 1 for why people feel so cynical toward politicians. There he was last week, trying to grab some cheap publicity by announcing that he will propose large pay increases next session for our state prison guards. He didn't mention the reason the guards are so woefully underpaid — the Brownback "experiment" that eviscerated state finances. Nor did he note that he was one of the legislators who stuck with Gov. Sam Brownback to the bitter end, voting to uphold his veto of the bill that ended the governor's disastrous experiment. What gives, J.R.?